Housing and Homelessness

JOURNAL – HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025 - 2:30 PM JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER ROOM 340, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER YSABEL JURADO COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD (Luigi Verano - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1082 or Clerk.HousingandHomelessness@lacity.org) Submit written comment at LACouncilComment.com The audio for Committee meetings is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.gov/calendar. The live audio can also be accessed at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547- CITY (San Pedro Area). If the live audio is unavailable via one of these channels, members of the public are encouraged to use one of the other channels. The Committee will take public comment from members of the public in-person only; there will be no public comment by teleconference. Additional information regarding Committee procedures provided at the end of this agenda. Spanish language interpretation is available at all Council and Committee meetings. Interpretation services in additional languages are available upon request, at no cost. Please submit your request to clerk.interpretation@lacity.org as soon as possible to allow time for scheduling. You will receive a confirmation reply if an interpreter is available. MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 23-1022-S17  City Administrative Officer report relative to the Alliance Settlement Agreement progress as of March 31, 2025. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted NOTED AND FILED City Administrative Officer report dated June 12, 2025 – (3) Yes (2) 20-1524-S8 City Administrative Officer (CAO) report relative to the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Round Six (HHAP-6) grant application and verbal update from the CAO and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) relative to a potential agreement with the County of Los Angeles and LAHSA to provide cash flow and reimbursement for the HHAP-6 grant award (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and the Budget and Finance Committees) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Housing and Homelessness Committee previsouly approved this item as amended on June 11, 2025) CONCURRED with the June 11, 2025 action of the Housing and Homelessness Committee – (3) Yes (3) 23-1022-S16 Statutory Exemptions, City Administrative Officer report and Bureau of Engineering report relative to the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Annual Homelessness Funding Report; and funding allocation, lease, and continued use for a period of approximately one year for the Alexandria Park Tiny Home Village (THV)/low barrier navigation center located at  6099 Laurel Canyon Boulevard and the Harbor Park THV/low barrier navigation center located at 1221 South Figueroa Place; and for a period up to three years for the Caza Azul bridge housing/low barrier navigation center at 1920 West 3rd Street, for those experiencing homelessness; and determination that the projects are statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21080.27.5, applicable to low barrier navigation centers and Government Code Section 8698.4(a)(4), governing homeless shelter projects under a shelter crisis declaration; and funding allocation, lease, and continued use for a period of approximately two years for the 544 Town Avenue ReFresh Spot Homeless Service Center, for those experiencing homelessness; and determination that, the project is statutorily exempt from CEQA under PRC Section 21080.10(c) applicable to contracts providing services to people experiencing homelessness; and funding allocation, lease, change in service provider, and continued use for a period of approximately one year for the Eagle Rock THV/low barrier navigation center located at 7570 Figueroa Street, the Bridge Housing/low barrier navigation center located at 1533 Schrader Boulevard, the THV/low barrier navigation center located at 2301 West 3rd Street, the Bridge Housing/low barrier navigation center located at 2316 East Imperial Highway, the Bridge Housing/low barrier navigation center located at 310 North Main Street, the Bridge Housing/low barrier navigation center located at 3248 Riverside Drive, the Bridge Housing/low barrier navigation center located at 828 Eubank Drive, and the THV/low barrier navigation center located adjacent to and north of the Avenue 60 and Arroyo Drive intersection, for those experiencing homelessness; and determination that the projects are statutorily exempt from CEQA under PRC Section 21080.27.5, applicable to low barrier navigation centers and Government Code Section 8698.4(a)(4), governing homeless shelter projects under a shelter crisis declaration; and related matters. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness and the Budget and Finance Committees) Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted CONTINUED TO DATE TO BE DETERMINED (4) 22-0403-S3  Department of City Planning report relative to the 2024 Annual Progress Reports on implementation of the General Plan and the Housing Element. (This item is referred to Planning and Land Use Management and Housing and Homelessness Committees) Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted RECEIVED AND FILED Department of City Planning report dated May 15, 2025 – (3) Yes (5) 25-0651 Motion (Raman – Soto-Martinez) relative to forming an Ad Hoc Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) working group to identify funding solutions to ensure that families and individuals housed can remain housed; and the feasibility of implementing a local subsidy program that does not rely on Federal funding sources to keep individuals housed. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Raman – Soto-Martinez) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes (6) 25-0605 CD 8 Motion (Harris-Dawson – Jurado) relative to a request to disburse up to $749,331 from the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Fund to reimburse BRIDGE Housing Corporation for the construction costs of the Sustainable Transit Infrastructure improvements for the Vermont and Manchester Project located at 8505 Evermont Place in Council District Eight. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Harris-Dawson – Jurado) – (3) Yes (7) 25-0608 CD 8 Motion (Harris-Dawson – Raman) relative to a loan of up to $2,700,000 from the Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) to Southside LA Housing Partners, LP, for construction costs of the Southside Senior Housing Project located at 1655 Manchester Avenue in Council  District Eight. Community Impact Statement: None submitted APPROVED Motion (Harris-Dawson – Raman) AS AMENDED – (3) Yes SUPPORTING MATERIALS Materials relating to items on the agenda are available on the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System found at https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect by entering the Council File number (e.g., 00-0000) associated with the agenda item. PUBLIC INPUT AT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS Members of the public who wish to speak on one or multiple items shall have an opportunity to speak up to one minute per item up to a total of two minutes for two or more agenda items. At regular meetings, members of the public shall also have an opportunity to speak up to one minute for general public comment on any matter within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Committee. The Committee is not required to take general public comment at special meetings. The Committee may limit the total amount of time for public comment on any specific agenda item, on all agenda-items collectively, and/or on general public comment, based on the anticipated time required to hear from public speakers on any given or all agenda items, on the availability of Committee members and the need to maintain quorum, and on any other relevant factor. The Committee shall not discuss or take action relative to any general public comment except as explicitly permitted under the Brown Act. COMMITTEE INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS, AND STRUCTURE https://clerk.lacity.gov/clerk-services/cps/council-committee-meetings/info-assignments-structure SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION Requests for reasonable modification or accommodation from individuals with disabilities, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, can be made by contacting the City Clerk's Office at (213) 978-1082. For Telecommunications Relay Service for the hearing impaired, please see the information below. 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TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICE (TRS) COMMUNICATIONS Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for peer-to-peer and third-party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers - generally telephone companies - are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available? There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the caller is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello, this is the relay service…" when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit the FCC's Disability Rights Office website.